29“And this shall be the sign to you—declares the LORD—that I am going to deal with you in this place, so that you may know that My threats of punishment against you will be fulfilled: 30Thus said the LORD: I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies, those who seek his life, just as I delivered King Zedekiah of Judah into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.”
45 The word which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he was writing these words in a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:
2Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning you, Baruch: 3You say, “Woe is me! The LORD has added grief to my pain. I am worn out with groaning, and I have found no rest.” 4Thus shall you speak to him: “Thus said the LORD: I am going to overthrow what I have built, and uproot what I have planted—a-this applies to the whole land.-a 5And do you expect great things for yourself? Don’t expect them. For I am going to bring disaster upon all flesh—declares the LORD—but I will b-at least grant you your life-b in all the places where you may go.”
46 The word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.
2Concerning Egypt, about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the river Euphrates near Carchemish, and which was defeated by King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah.
3Get ready buckler and shield,
And move forward to battle!
4Harness the horses;
Mount, you horsemen!
Fall in line, helmets on!
Burnish the lances,
Don your armor!
5Why do I see them dismayed,
Yielding ground?
Their fighters are crushed,
They flee in haste
And do not turn back—
Terror all around!
—declares the LORD.
6a-The swift cannot get away,
The warrior cannot escape.-a
In the north, by the river Euphrates,
They stagger and fall.
7Who is this that rises like the Nile,
Like streams whose waters surge?
8It is Egypt that rises like the Nile,
Like streams whose waters surge,
That said, “I will rise,
I will cover the earth,
I will wipe out towns
And those who dwell in them.
9Advance, O horses,
Dash madly, O chariots!
Let the warriors go forth,
Cush and Put, that grasp the shield,
And the Ludim who grasp and draw the bow!”
10But that day shall be for the Lord GOD of Hosts a day when He exacts retribution from His foes. The sword shall devour; it shall be sated and drunk with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts is preparing a sacrifice in the northland, by the river Euphrates.
11Go up to Gilead and get balm,
Fair Maiden Egypt.
In vain do you seek many remedies,
There is no healing for you.
12Nations have heard your shame;
The earth resounds with your screams.
For warrior stumbles against warrior;
The two fall down together.
13The word which the LORD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon to attack the land of Egypt:
14Declare in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol,
Proclaim in Noph and Tahpanhes!
Say: Take your posts and stand ready,
For the sword has devoured all around you!
15Why are your stalwarts swept away?
They did not stand firm,
For the LORD thrust them down;
16He made many stumble,
They fell over one another.
They said:
“Up! let us return to our people,
To the land of our birth,
Because of the deadlyb sword.”
17There they called Pharaoh king of Egypt:
b-“Braggart who let the hour go by.”-b
18As I live—declares the King,
Whose name is LORD of Hosts—
b-As surely as Tabor is among the mountains
And Carmel is by the sea,
So shall this come to pass.-b
19Equip yourself for exile,
Fair Egypt, you who dwell secure!
For Noph shall become a waste,
Desolate, without inhabitants.
20Egypt is a handsome heifer—
A gadflyc from the north d-is coming, coming!-d
21The mercenaries, too, in her midst
Are like stall-fed calves;
They too shall turn tail,
Flee as one, and make no stand.
Their day of disaster is upon them,
The hour of their doom.
22b-She shall rustle away like a snake-b
As they come marching in force;
They shall come against her with axes,
Like hewers of wood.
23They shall cut down her forest
—declares the LORD—
Though it cannot be measured;
For they are more numerous than locusts,
And cannot be counted.
24Fair Egypt shall be shamed,
Handed over to the people of the north.
25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, has said: I will inflict punishment on Amonc of No and on Pharaoh—on Egypt, her gods, and her kings—on Pharaoh and all who rely on him. 26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek to kill them, into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and into the hands of his subjects. But afterward she shall be inhabited again as in former days, declares the LORD.
27But you,
Have no fear, My servant Jacob,
Be not dismayed, O Israel!
I will deliver you from far away,
Your folk from their land of captivity;
And Jacob again shall have calm
And quiet, with none to trouble him.
28But you, have no fear,
My servant Jacob
—declares the LORD—
For I am with you.
I will make an end of all the nations
Among which I have banished you,
But I will not make an end of you!
I will not leave you unpunished,
But I will chastise you in measure.
47 The word of the LORD that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.
2Thus said the LORD:
See, waters are rising from the north,
They shall become a raging torrent,
They shall flood the land and its creatures,
The towns and their inhabitants.
Men shall cry out,
All the inhabitants of the land shall howl,
3At the clatter of the stamping hoofs of his stallions,
At the noise of his chariots,
The rumbling of their wheels,
Fathers shall not look to their children
Out of a-sheer helplessness-a
4Because of the day that is coming
For ravaging all the Philistines,
For cutting off every last ally
Of Tyre and Sidon.
For the LORD will ravage the Philistines,
The remnant from the island of Caphtor.
5Baldnessb has come upon Gaza,
Ashkelon is destroyed.
O remnant of c-their valley,-c
How long will you b-gash yourself?-b
6“O sword of the LORD,
When will you be quiet at last?
Withdraw into your sheath,
Rest and be still!”
7How can itd be quiet
When the LORD has given it orders
Against Ashkelon and the seacoast,
Given it assignment there?
48 Concerning Moab.a
Thus said the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Alas, that Nebo should be ravaged,
Kiriathaim captured and shamed,
b-The stronghold-b shamed and dismayed!
2Moab’s glory is no more;
In Heshbon they have plannedc evil against her:
“Come, let us make an end of her as a nation!”
You too, O Madmen, shall be silenced;d
The sword is following you.
3Hark! an outcry from Horonaim,
Destruction and utter ruin!
4Moab is broken;
e-Her young ones cry aloud;-e
5They climb to Luhith
Weeping continually;
On the descent to Horonaim
A distressing cry of anguish is heard:
6Flee, save your lives!
f-And be like Aroer in the desert.-f
7Surely, because of your trust
In your wealth and in your treasures,
You too shall be captured.
And Chemosh shall go forth to exile,
Together with his priests and attendants.
8The ravager shall come to every town;
No town shall escape.
The valley shall be devastated
And the tableland laid waste
—because the LORD has spoken.
9Give f-wings to Moab,
For she must go hence.-f
Her towns shall become desolate,
With no one living in them.
10Cursed be he who is slack in doing the LORD’s work! Cursed be he who withholds his sword from blood!
11Moab has been secure from his youth on—
He is settled on his lees
And has not been poured from vessel to vessel—
He has never gone into exile.
Therefore his fine flavor has remained
And his bouquet is unspoiled.
12But days are coming—declares the LORD—when I will send men against him to tip him over; they shall empty his vessels and smash his jars. 13And Moab shall be shamed because of Chemosh, as the House of Israel were shamed because of Bethel, on whom they relied.
14How can you say: We are warriors,
Valiant men for war?
15Moab is ravaged,
His towns have been entered,
His choice young men
Have gone down to the slaughter
—declares the King whose name is LORD of Hosts.
16The doom of Moab is coming close,
His downfall is approaching swiftly.
17Condole with him, all who live near him,
All you who know him by name!
Say: “Alas, the strong rod is broken,
The lordly staff!”
18Descend from glory
And sit in thirst,f
O inhabitant of Fair Dibon;
For the ravager of Moab has entered your town,
He has destroyed your fortresses.
19Stand by the road and look out,
O inhabitant of Aroer.
Ask of him who is fleeing
And of her who is escaping:
Say, “What has happened?”
20Moab is shamed and dismayed;
Howl and cry aloud!
Tell at the Arnon
That Moab is ravaged!
21Judgment has come upon the tableland—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath; 22upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim; 23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon; 24upon Kerioth and Bozrah—upon all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
25The might of Moab has been cut down,
His strength is broken
—declares the LORD.
26Get him drunk
For he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Moab shall vomit till he is drained,
And he too shall be a laughingstock.
27Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?
Was he ever caught among thieves,
That you should g-shake your head-g
Whenever you speak of him?
28Desert the cities
And dwell in the crags,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like a dove that nests
In the sides of a pit.
29We have heard of Moab’s pride—
Most haughty is he—
Of his arrogance and pride,
His haughtiness and self-exaltation.
30I know his insolence—declares the LORD—the wickedness that is in him,h the wickedness i-he has-i committed.
31Therefore I will howl for Moab,
I will cry out for all Moab,
Ij will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32With greater weeping than for Jazer
I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah,
Whose tendrils crossed the sea,
Reached to the sea,f to Jazer.
A ravager has come down
Upon your
